TikTok may launch in India soon as ByteDance has filed a trademark for the short-form video app with the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. TikTok was among the 59 Chinese apps that the government banned in June last year.
ByteDance filed the trademark application for TikTok with the title “TickTock” on 6th July 2021.
ByteDance has been in talks with the government on bringing TikTok back to the country.
The Chinese company ByteDance also assured officials that it would work to comply with the new IT rules.
ByteDance in 2019 appointed its chief nodal and grievance officer in India.
It is one of the key requirements of the IT rules for ‘significant’ social media intermediaries that have over 50 lakh users in the country.
Despite having the nodal and grievance officer in place, ByteDance-owned TikTok faced the nationwide ban last year for threatening the country’s “sovereignty and integrity” amid border tensions with China.
ByteDance reportedly had discussions with Reliance Industries for an investment in TikTok to revive its business in the country.
This discussion did not help bring any changes.
TikTok had around 20 crore users in the country.
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